It’s that time of the year when we gear up for yet another edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL). The 19th edition of the IPL will kick off on March 28 and will reach its conclusion on May 31. Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) won their maiden IPL title, beating Punjab Kings (PBKS) in the final last year. They will also play the inaugural match of the 2026 edition against the 2016 champions Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) at the Chinnaswamy Stadium.
All squads
Chennai Super Kings
Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), Ayush Mhatre, M.S. Dhoni, Sanju Samson, Dewald Brevis, Urvil Patel, Shivam Dube, Jamie Overton, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Noor Ahmad, Khaleel Ahmed, Anshul Kamboj, Gurjapneet Singh, Shreyas Gopal, Mukesh Choudhary, Akeal Hosein, Prashant Veer, Kartik Sharma, Matthew Short, Aman Khan, Sarfaraz Khan, Matt Henry, Rahul Chahar, Zak Foulkes, Spencer Johnson
Rajasthan Royals
Riyan Parag (c), Ravindra Jadeja, Sam Curran, Donovan Ferreira, Sandeep Sharma, Shubham Dubey, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Lhuan-Dre Pretorius, Shimron Hetmyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Jofra Archer, Tushar Deshpande, Kwena Maphaka, Nandre Burger, Ravi Bishnoi, Sushant Mishra, Yash Raj Punja, Vignesh Puthur, Ravi Singh, Aman Rao, Brijesh Sharma, Adam Milne, Kuldeep Sen
Kolkata Knight Riders
Ajinkya Rahane (c), Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Anukul Roy, Manish Pandey, Ramandeep Singh, Rinku Singh, Rovman Powell, Sunil Narine, Umran Malik, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakaravarthy, Cameron Green, Finn Allen, Matheesha Pathirana, Tejasvi Singh, Kartik Tyagi, Prashant Solanki, Rahul Tripathi, Tim Seifert, Sarthak Ranjan, Daksh Kamra, Rachin Ravindra, Saurabh Dubey, Blessing Muzarabani, Navdeep Saini
Lucknow Super Giants
Rishabh Pant (c), Abdul Samad, Ayush Badoni, Aiden Markram, Matthew Breetzke, Himmat Singh, Nicholas Pooran, Mitchell Marsh, Shahbaz Ahmed, Arshin Kulkarni, Mayank Yadav, Avesh Khan, Mohsin Khan, Manimaran Siddharth, Digvesh Rathi, Prince Yadav, Akash Singh, Mohammed Shami, Arjun Tendulkar, Wanindu Hasaranga, Anrich Nortje, Mukul Choudhary, Naman Tiwari, Akshat Raghuwanshi, Josh Inglis
Sunrisers Hyderabad
Pat Cummins (c), Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Aniket Verma, R. Smaran, Ishan Kishan, Heinrich Klaasen, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harsh Dubey, Kamindu Mendis, Harshal Patel, Brydon Carse, Jaydev Unadkat, Eshan Malinga, Zeeshan Ansari, Shivang Kumar, Salil Arora, Sakib Hussain, Onkar Tarmale, Amit Kumar, Praful Hinge, Krains Fuletra, Liam Livingstone, Shivam Mavi, David Payne
Delhi Capitals
Axar Patel (c), Nitish Rana, Abishek Porel, Ajay Mandal, Ashutosh Sharma, Dushmantha Chameera, Karun Nair, KL Rahul, Kuldeep Yadav, Madhav Tiwari, Mitchell Starc, Sameer Rizvi, T Natarajan, Tripurana Vijay, Tristan Stubbs, Vipraj Nigam, David Miller, Auqib Nabi, Pathum Nissanka, Lungi Ngidi, Sahil Parakh, Prithvi Shaw, Kyle Jamieson
Gujarat Titans
Shubman Gill (c), Sai Sudharsan, Kumar Kushagra, Anuj Rawat, Jos Buttler, Nishant Sindhu, Washington Sundar, Glenn Phillips, Arshad Khan, Shahrukh Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Kagiso Rabada, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Ishant Sharma, Gurnoor Singh Brar, Rashid Khan, Manav Suthar, Sai Kishore, Jayant Yadav, Ashok Sharma, Jason Holder, Tom Banton, Prithvi Raj Yarra, Luke Wood
Mumbai Indians
Hardik Pandya (c), Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Ryan Rickleton, Robin Minz, Raj Bawa, Raghu Sharma, Mitchell Santner, Corbin Bosch, Naman Dhir, Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult, Allah Ghafanzar, Ashwani Kumar, Deepak Chahar, Will Jacks, Sherfane Rutherford, Mayank Markande, Shardul Thakur, Quinton de Kock, Danish Malewar, Mohammad Izhar, Atharva Ankolekar, Mayank Rawat
Punjab Kings
Shreyas Iyer (c), Prabhsimran Singh, Priyansh Arya, Shashank Singh, Nehal Wadhera, Marcus Stoinis, Azmatullah Omarzai, Marco Jansen, Harpreet Brar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Musheer Khan, Pyala Avinash, Harnoor Pannu, Suryansh Shedge, Mitchell Owen, Xavier Bartlett, Lockie Ferguson, Vyshak Vijaykumar, Yash Thakur, Vishnu Vinod, Cooper Connolly, Ben Dwarshuis, Pravin Dubey, Vishal Nishad
Royal Challengers Bengaluru
Rajat Patidar (c), Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Phil Salt, Jitesh Sharma, Krunal Pandya, Swapnil Singh, Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Jacob Bethell, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Nuwan Thushara, Rasikh Salam, Abhinandan Singh, Suyash Sharma, Venkatesh Iyer, Jacob Duffy, Satvik Deswal, Mangesh Yadav, Jordan Cox, Vicky Ostwal, Vihaan Malhotra, Kanishk Chouhan
Probable XIs
Chennai Super Kings: Sanju Samson, Ayush Mhatre, Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), Kartik Sharma, Shivam Dube, Dewald Brevis, Prashant Veer, MS Dhoni (wk), Anshul Kamboj, Matt Henry/Akeal Hosein, Noor Ahmad; Impact Sub: Khaleel Ahmed
Kolkata Knight Riders: Finn Allen (wk), Ajinkya Rahane (c), Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Manish Pandey, Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Sunil Narine, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakravarthy, Blessing Muzarabani, Kartik Tyagi; Impact Sub Umran Malik
Rajasthan Royals: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Riyan Parag (c), Dhruv Jurel (wk), Shimron Hetmyer, Ravindra Jadeja, Donovan Ferreira, Jofra Archer, Ravi Bishnoi, Tushar Deshpande; Impact Player: Sandeep Sharma
Lucknow Super Giants: Mitchell Marsh, Aiden Markram, Nicholas Pooran, Rishabh Pant (c & wk), Ayush Badoni, Abdul Samad, Shahbaz Ahmed, Avesh Khan, Mohsin Khan, Mohammed Shami, Digvesh Rathi; Impact Sub: Mayank Yadav
Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma, Quinton de Kock (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya (c), Naman Dhir, Will Jacks/Sherfane Rutherford, Mitchell Santner, Deepak Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult; Impact Sub: Ashwani Kumar/Mayank Markande
Delhi Capitals: KL Rahul (wk), Pathum Nissanka, Nitish Rana, Tristan Stubbs, Axar Patel (c), David Miller, Ashutosh Sharma, Vipraj Nigam, Auqib Nabi, Kuldeep Yadav, Lungi Ngidi; Impact Sub: T Natarajan
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan (c & wk), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen, Aniket Verma, Liam Livingstone, Harsh Dubey, Harshal Patel, Jaydev Unadkat, Shivam Mavi; Impact Sub: Zeeshan Ansari
NOTE: Ishan Kishan will lead in Pat Cummins’ absence in initial stages
Gujarat Titans: Shubman Gill (c), Sai Sudharsan, Jos Buttler (wk), Washington Sundar, Shahrukh Khan, Glenn Phillips, Jason Holder, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Sai Kishore, Mohammed Siraj; Impact Sub: Prasidh Krishna
Punjab Kings: Prabhsimran Singh (wk), Priyansh Arya, Shreyas Iyer (c), Nehal Wadhera, Shashank Singh, Marcus Stonis, Marco Jansen, Azmatullah Omarzai, Xavier Bartlett, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal; Impact Sub Vyshak Vijaykumar/Harpreet Brar
Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Virat Kohli, Phil Salt, Venkatesh Iyer, Rajat Patidar (c), Jitesh Sharma (wk), Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Suyash Sharma, Jacob Duffy; Impact Sub: Mangesh Yadav
Full Schedule
March 28 – Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Sunrisers Hyderabad – Bengaluru – 7:30PM IST
March 29 – Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders – Mumbai – 7:30PM IST
March 30 – Rajasthan Royals vs Chennai Super Kings – Guwahati – 7:30PM IST
March 31 – Punjab Kings vs Gujarat Titans – Mullanpur – 7:30PM IST
April 1 – Lucknow Super Giants vs Delhi Capitals – Lucknow – 7:30PM IST
April 2 – Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad – Kolkata – 7:30PM IST
April 3 – Chennai Super Kings vs Punjab Kings – Chennai – 7:30PM IST
April 4 – Delhi Capitals vs Mumbai Indians – Delhi – 3:30PM IST
April 4 – Gujarat Titans vs Rajasthan Royals – Ahmedabad – 7:30PM IST
April 5 – Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Lucknow Super Giants – Hyderabad – 3:30PM IST
April 5 – Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Chennai Super Kings – Bengaluru – 7:30PM IST
April 6 – Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings – Kolkata – 7:30PM IST
April 7 – Rajasthan Royals vs Mumbai Indians – Guwahati – 7:30PM IST
April 8 – Delhi Capitals vs Gujarat Titans – Delhi – 7:30PM IST
April 9 – Kolkata Knight Riders vs Lucknow Super Giants – Kolkata – 7:30PM IST
April 10 – Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru – Guwahati – 7:30PM IST
April 11 – Punjab Kings vs Sunrisers Hyderabad – Mullanpur – 3:30PM IST
April 11 – Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals – Chennai – 7:30PM IST
April 12 – Lucknow Super Giants vs Gujarat Titans – Lucknow – 3:30PM IST
April 12 – Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru – Mumbai – 7:30PM IST
Where to watch IPL 2026?
You can catch the streaming of all the IPL 2026 matches on Jio Hotstar and the telecast of the tournament on Star Sports Network
Who are the injured players and their replacements?
You can keep yourself updated with all the IPL 2026-related injuries and replacements here
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